CVE-2018-8284
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2018-07-11
- WeaknessCWE-94
Am I affected?
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Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft .NET Framework fails to validate input properly, aka ".NET Framework Remote Code Injection Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-07-1100:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-8284?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-8284?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | = 2.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 3.0 | = 3.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 3.5 | = 3.5 | no fix published | NVD |
| 3.5 | = 3.5.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.5 | = 4.5.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.6 | = 4.6 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.6 | = 4.6.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.7 | = 4.7 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.7 | = 4.7.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.7 | = 4.7.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.6 | = 4.6.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010.x | = 2010 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2013.x | = 2013 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013.x | = 2013 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2016.x | = 2016 | no fix published | NVD |
2 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 1 repository, unverifiedquantiti/CVE-2018-8284-Sharepoint-RCE PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.08.1read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-94read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score46.0 %read 2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-07-11
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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